The next morning, the captain tells the boy that he has to pick up the arrows. He tells him that his wind-hat has helped him block all of the arrows, and that the boy has been unlucky. The captain tells him to stop fooling around, because he has already been shot. The boy says that he hasn't yet lost, and the captain says that his battalion has lost, too. He offers to take the boy aside and let him decide for himself, but the boy refuses, saying that he's happy with his current position. The next day, he tells the captain that he wants to go check out the archery competition. He asks the captain if he can compete with his sister, and she says that she wants to. He says that if he loses, he'll leave the camp, but if he wins, he doesn't want to go, but he has one condition: if the other soldiers lose, he can't go back to the camp as long as they don't involve anyone else. He gives the captain some arrows to practice with, and they begin to shoot at each other.